Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-22
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION.
The City Council in Regular session
Assembled Transacts important

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The City Council in Regular session
assembled Translates important
Business.
Tue city council held its regular semi
monthly meeting last night, all mem
bers being present except Alderman
Max, of the third ward. To this meet
ing and it's resul 8 considerable impor'
tance had been attached, as several
matters which are necessary to the city's
good were brought before it. And to the
glory OF the council be it said that it
labored for the advancement OF tie
city's interests.
After the usual preliminary proceed
ings, such as calling the roll and read
ing the minutes of the last meeting the
regular order of business was taken up.
The first important matter presented
for consideration was an ordinance en-
titled an ordinance empowering
Ephraim Miner, Joseph Ward and
Malcolm Walker to construct and main
tain o system eff electric lighting in the
city OF Yankton andRranting the use OF
OF the streets and alleys of the city, for
years. A clause which was inserted in
the ordinance provided that no subse-
qnent applications Tor privileges OF q
like nature should be entertained by
Voted upon by the voters OF the
city. The ordinance further provides,
that the work on the construction of the
system should begin within ninety days
of the date of the passage of the ordi-
nance. The Committee on ordinances
recommended the passage OF h ordi-
nance last night, but several council
members wanted the matter referred to
a special committee and after consider
able discussion the committee on grades,
streets and alleys took charge of the
ordinance and will report on the same
at a SPECIAL meeting TO be hell Thursday
night.
MIR. Grove, from the first ward. figured
quite conspicuously In the discussion OF
this ordinance, using as an sfgu-
ment one of his we'll known indiscribabie
between Mr.. Grove and ]. L. Sargent,
as TO which of the two had brought the
most money to Yankton, 80 disturbed
the council that the mayor was obliged
to thump loudly with his gavel to re-
store order.
An ordinance providing for numbering
business places and residences of the
city was passed after very little discuss
ion. The numbering will commence at
the Missouri river and extend north and
from Douglas avenue and extend east
and west, the east and north sides OF the
streets to receive the ever numbers and
the south and west the odd numbers.
The city, engineer already has a diagram
of the city with the numbers designated
and he will supply plscards bearing the
numbers. The engineer will receive
twenty-five cents for each number pro.
vided. The numbers will be ready for
house owners in n week.
An ordinance was presented, read and
referred to the committee on ordinances,
which the Yankton street
railway company to construct and oper-
ate a single or double track street rail-
way in Yankton on all the streets from
Third to Tenth street, and on Capitol,
Douglas, Walnut, Cedar and Broad way.
CONSTRUCTION to begin before the first of
July, and one mile must be in operation
before the first day of January 1888.
The committee on ordinances will re-
port on this at the next regular meeting.
The incorporators are James Puck, s..
u. Hoole and B. w. Stoddsrd, 81 Sioux
City, and @. j. B. Harris, G. w. Roberts,
j. r. Hanson, f. L. Van Tassel, e. NJ.
O'Bfien, E. j. Kahn, 7. NJ. Ziebach
Hughes East and j. T. Sargent, of
Yankton.
The plats of Taylor & Sargent's and
Harris g. Trips additions to the city OF
Yankton were approved.
The mayor then appointed the follow
ing judges and clerks of the coming city
election: First wsrd-Judges, N. Nor
gan, j. v. Bunker, ID. P. Wilcox; clerks,
L. M. Yeatman, e. a. Bruce. Second
ward-Judges, Jos. Bader, B. r. Mo
Intyre, Geo, B. Hoffman; clerks. J. 7.
Coxhead, O. B. Taylor. Third ward
Judges, Robert Cox, j.. FL. Bulinch,
James Kingsbury; CLERKS, l.. Il. Tyler,
F. P. Hurlbut. Fourth ward-Ju Judges.
j. N. Hartert, Ii. Mclean, P. NoonaD;
clerks. W. f. El5ridge. NJ. j, Dolan.
ii. w. Pike has purchased, of Geo. e.
Hawley, his timers outfit and has se-
cured the services of a first class timer.
On and sitter Feb. LIST, he will be pre-
pared to do ell work in that line with
neatness and dispatch. His business
: headquarters will be on the corner of
Broadway and Third streets.
For Sale-Ope new mich COW.
G. w. ROBERTS.
Oranges at Carney's, 20 cts. per dozen,
Ground Oil Cake invigorates ard pro.
, notes healthfulness of live stock. For